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A Thinkpiece About Thinkpieces About Us
*Spoiler Alert: This article may contain details and plot points about the film Us. If you haven’t seen the movie yet, why the hell did you click on this article? Once upon a time, in my 11th-grade literature class, the teacher separated students into groups and handed out poems. We were given 30 minutes to…
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Virginia Police Pull Guns, Handcuff College Students Over Broken Tail Light. Cop Claims Supreme Court Gives Him the Right
Four Virginia University of Lynchburg …Wait, there is an actual place called Lynchburg and black people are there? This story is over; the police did whatever the black kids said they did. The place is called L-Y-N-C-H burg, which is obviously named after lynchings! I mean Virginia is in the damn South where lynchings ……
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Hey Everyone, Boxer Adrien Broner Isn't Gay and He Wants the World to Know During Vile, Homophobic Rant
Looks like boxer Adrien Broner’s masculinity is so fragile that he had to go on a caveman-esque, homophobic disturbing rant that he titled a “PSA” to gay men who might be interested in him. “If any f-g, punk ass nigga come run up on me, trying to touch me on all that gay shit, I’m…
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Elijah Cummings Comes With Receipts, Claims the White House Is Involved in ‘Unprecedented Level of Stonewalling’
Cummings said the White House is refusing to submit any documents to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, which he serves as chairman.
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Jay-Z's The Blueprint Inducted Into Library of Congress' National Recording Registry
‘Hov is cemented in history, y’all! The new National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress has dropped, and Jay-Z’s The Blueprint is on the acclaimed list! The rest of the 2018 class includes notables such as legendary saxophonist Dexter Gordon’s “GO,” Sam and Dave’s 1967 single “Soul Man,” and Nina Simone’s 1964 single “Mississippi…
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New York City Gets An 'F' When It Comes To Awarding City Contracts To Black-Owned Businesses, According To City Comptroller
New York City sucks when it comes to awarding contracts to women and minority-owned businesses, according to the city comptroller office’s grading scale, as detailed in its 2018 report. Most of the city’s departments received a “D” for the fourth consecutive year for doling out a minuscule $1 billion in contracts (just 5.5 percent) to…
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Former White House Chief of Staff John Kelly Spills Tea, Calls Full Border Wall a 'Waste of Money'
Former White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly wouldn’t elaborate on whether President Trump forced officials to give his worthless son-in-law Jared “What am I doing in the White House?” Kushner top level security clearance, but he did call his time in the Trump administration the “least” favorite job he had. Also, before we…
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Why #BuyBlack Has Never Been the Path to Black American Economic Empowerment
The slogans “Buy Black” or “Support Black Businesses” have existed for some time as clarion calls for black consumers to patronize black owned (or seemingly black owned) establishments. We see it hashtagged and sprawled across graphics calling for exclusive 30 day “buy black challenges” to spur economic growth in Black communities — often touted as…
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Don Lemon Agrees: This Was the Worst Black History Month Ever
On the final night of February 2019, CNN’s Don Lemon openly said what we had all been thinking for the last 28 days—this was the worst Black History Month ever. “Tonight of all nights, the last night of Black History Month—what may be the worst Black History Month ever,” Lemon said. “We’ve got blackface, we’ve…